Girdle



March l0, 1942. E. D. KATTERMANN oww/@M INVENTOR Patented Mar. l0, 191.42

GIRDLE Emil D. Kattermann,

Swiss Knitting Com poration of New Jersey Application November 9, 1939, Serial No. 303,495

2 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to girdles or similar garments.

Girdles, and particularly those of the elastic type, are usually held down at the bottom by,V

garters which are attached to the stockings of the wearer. If the garters are not attached itand the wearer bends or sits, the girdle vtends to' ride up in the back.

In order to prevent such action makers have used a band at the bottom of the girdle having a rough or clinging inner friction surface, such as rubber, believing that this would make the girdle stay down and prevent the bottom of the girdle from riding up. This type of band is uncomfortable to the wearer and, furthermore, when the girdle does ride up at the back the friction inner surface prevents it from sliding down again.

This invention has for its object to solve the above problem by providing a' garment or girdle having its lower margin or band so constructed and arranged that it will be automatically pulled down again if for any reason it rides up.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following specification taken in connection with the drawing which forms a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 is an elevational view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the circumference of a girdle band constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l but illustrating a modied embodiment of the invention; and

Fig. 3 is an elevational view illustrating the girdle in place on the wearer.

The girdle may be knitted on any desired form or type of knitting machine and in the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1 there is illustrated a circumferential section of a girdle band which forms the bottom band 5 of a girdle 6, the top band of the girdle being shown at 1, the girdle being illustrated in Fig. 3.

As shown in Fig. 1, the band comprises a plurality of courses I0, II, I2, I3, I4, I5, etc., and a plurality of wales A, B, C, D, E, Q, R, S.

The main body of the band of the girdle is formed of elastic yarn or thread 20, shown in the drawing by double lines. This elastic yarn consists of a rubber-like strand having a core of unvulcanized rubber Wrapped with a fine covering of silk or other suitable material. This yarn or thread which forms the body of the girdle is ,preferably plated yarn which is formed in the usual well known manner by feeding a Dover, N. J., assignor to Dany, Dover, N. J., a corneedles and forming plates over the elastic yarn. 'Ihis plated yarn is very smooth and the surface of the girdle which contacts the wearer, being smooth, can easily slide on the body of the wearer. In other words, there is no friction which prevents a free sliding movement of the girdle on the body.

In order to cause the girdle to slide down into place again if it rides up at the back of the wearer, the band has incorporated therein a plurality of elastic threads or strands 25, 26, 2l, 28 of elastic yarn under tension. These threads or yarns are laid in yarns. The yarn 25, for instance, is laid in from the wal B to the Wale J and then to the Wale R. This elastic yarn 25 is knitted through the back side of the band, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The elastic tension yarn 26 is knitted through the front side of the band viewing Fig. 1 at the wales C, K and S.

Yarn 2l is knitted in the same manner as yarn 25 and yarn 28 in the same manner as yarn 26. The elastic yarns 25, 26, 2l and 28 are shaded to distinguish them from the yarn 20 which forms the body of the band.

Fig. 2 illustrates a structure similar to that shown in Fig. l, but dilers therefrom in that each elastic yarn 30 is looped alternately through the back and front oi' wales, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 clearly illustrates the use of the garment and there is shown therein a portion of the body of the wearer having the girdle 6 in position thereon.

It Will be obvious that when the garters 8 are attached to the stocking 9 of the wearer the girdle cannot ride up in the back. However, if the wearer does not attach the garters to the stocking or the garters at the back become unattached or break and the wearer bends or sits, the rear part of the band 5 tends to ride up on the back of the wearer, asshown in dotted lines smooth non-elastic yarn with elastic yarn to the in Fig. 3. However, due to the fact that the girdle band has a smooth inner surface and to the further fact that the tension strands 25, 26, 2l, 28 or 30 exert a strong circumferential pull, the band 5 will be automatically pulled down into place as the girdle tends to contract and the shape of the wearer will facilitate this downward movement.

By the term girdle as used in this application, I intend to include garments of this type such, for instance, as panty girdles, corselettes, etc.

Although certain specific embodiments of the invention have been particularly shown and dethe fabric in successive scribed. 1t will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as expressed in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A girdle or like garment having a body section of elastic rib knit fabric and having a bottom band formed of elastic, smooth, non-friction yarn, said bottom band only having a plurality of courses of laid in elastic yarn under tension extending circumferentially around the band and tending to contract the band', when stretched, 

